Genetically modified probiotics should be banned

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-68

  Cummins, Joe ^a   Ho, Mae Wan ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXIN; YOGHURT;

ALLERGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TETANUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 27744472864     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600510044480     Document Type: Short Survey

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